Vico da Calcio

Vico da Calcio (1412-1443) was a nobleman of the Duchy of Milan. He was killed in the Battle of Castelcovati in 1443 while fighting La Serenissima.

Biography
Vico da Calcio was a nobleman of the Duchy of Milan from the city of Calcio in the Province of Brescia, Lombardy, and he became the commander of a Milanese army sent to defeat a Venetian advance on the city of Chiari. The Milanese were faced with a Venetian army at the Battle of Castelcovati, where Calcio took command of his men personally and rode to the battlefield in his shining armor, with his sword and coat-of-arms flaunted.

Calcio rode out onto the battlefield with his army of Italian Militia, and repelled assaults on his flanks by Stradiots (Albanian light cavalry in Venice's service). However, his weak militia's assault on the Venetian army was repulsed, as they were inexperienced, and they faced Venetian Heavy Infantry and experienced units. Calcio was hacked to death by the heavy infantry, costing Milan the battle.